Tire.



'hieran erases rasant snaren JOHN`EGY, F PARKER, KANSAS.

TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led April 26, 1917. .Serial No. 164.706.

may be reinforced by a casing made out o v a tire which, although perfect in its tread portion, is rim-cut or otherwise imperfect along its longitudinal edges.

'I he invention aims to provide novel means for holding the casing in place on the tire and on the rim wherewith the tire is as-y sembled.

lt is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which thel present invention vappertains.

`With the above and other objects in view which will appear as the description pro ceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details ot' construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed, without-departing from the spirit of the invention.,

ln the accompanying drawings Figure l shows in side elevation, a portion of a vehicle rim and a tire, whereiinto the device forming the subject matter of'this application has been applied;

Fig. 2 is a cross section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the connecting hook which is used in that form of the invention disclosed in Figs. 1 and 2;

Fig. 4 is a cross section 'corresponding to F ig. 2; but' showing a slightly modified form of the invention; and

y Fig. 5 is a perspective showing the connecting hook used with that :form of the'invention delineated in Fig.

in the accompanying drawings, the nu Dieral l indicates a rim having clencher iianges 2 cooperating with clencher beads 3 on a tire 4. Extended around the tire 4 is a casing 5. Metal plates 6 are attached by securing elements 7 to the tervals, circumferentially of the casing.. The numeral 8 indicates hooks, having eyes 9 passing through openings l0 in the plates 6. The bills of the hooks are shown at 11.

The bills ll of the hooks 8 are engaged beneath the clencher Hanges 2, and the eyes 9 bear upon the outer peripheral portions of Patented T/liare 5, i918 'Glo the flanges 2, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. In

this way, the casing 5 is heldin place on the tire 4: with unusual security.

sonably perfect in its tread portion, is rimcut or otherwise injured along its longitudinal edges. The beads on such a tire shoe are cut oit, the plates 6 are applied, and the tire shoe then .becomes the casing 5. By the operation above described two tire casings which are imperfect at diiiierent points, may be combined to forni a satisfactory structure well adapted to withstand an extended period of usage. l

As shown in Figs. 4 and 5, there appears arim l2 having side flanges 11i, the rim carrying a tire l5 provided with beads 16, the parts 16 and clencher type. The casing appears' at 17, and tho plates are shown at 18, the same being attached by securing elements 19 to the casing 17. The hooks are denoted by the numeral 20 and are provided with inwardly `i4, however, not beingof the In practice, the casing 5 is fashioned from an oldtire shoe which, altlioughbeing reaextended b'ills 2l prolonged beneath the, i

beads 16. The hooks 20 are connected by eyes 22 with the plates i8, the plates having openings 23 in which the eyes 22 are received. in this form of the invention, as in 'the iornishownin F ig. 2, the eyes 22 bear against the outer peripheral portions ofthe flanges of 'the rim.

Having thus described the invention, what is.claimed is:-

A deviceof the class described comprising a rim having iianges, and a tire having beads coacting with the flanges, the iianges and tho beads constituting coperating elements; a casing inciosing the tire; plates as sembled with the casing; and hooks includ- -JQQ pivoted in the plates, the hooks tween the flanges and the beads, and isirllpi'ising bills engaged beneath one o Said coperating elemeus, the eyes engagging the outer peripheral portions of the izmges.

in estimony imt claim the oegoing as my own, have hereto aliixed my signa ture in the piesence of two Witnesses.

SOHN EGY.

Witnesses C. B. DAY, C. LANGE@ COOK. 

